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|DOI=10.1111/bioe.12714 | |DOI=10.1111/bioe.12714 | ||
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}}</ref> Consent by a surrogate for a non-therapeutic circumcision is an unethical practice. | }}</ref> Consent by a surrogate for a non-therapeutic circumcision is an unethical practice. | ||
Moreover, in addition to being unethical, Adler (2013) argued strongly that child circumcision is unlawful, <ref name="adler2013">{{REFjournal | |||
|last=Adler | |||
|first=Peter W. | |||
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|author-link=Peter W. Adler | |||
|title=Is circumcision legal? | |||
|journal=Richmond Journal of Law and the Public Interest | |||
|date=2013 | |||
|volume=16 | |||
|issue=3 | |||
|pages=439-86 | |||
|url=https://scholarship.richmond.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1265&context=jolpi | |||
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|accessdate=2020-05-08 | |||
}}</ref> so non-therapeutic circumcision of boys is likely to be declared unlawful by a court. | |||